Nerayan Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United States

Nerayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nerayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nerayan (15) may also be a first name.

Nerayan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nerayan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nerayan (Hindi: नरायन, Marathi: नारायन) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nerayan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nerayan is the 10,311,814th most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Nerayan is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Nerayan reside; 67 percent reside in South Asia and 67 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Nerayan is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name world-wide. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name Nerayan is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Nerayan is primarily concentrated in: Chhattisgarh, where 50 percent reside and Punjab, where 50 percent reside. Besides India Nerayan occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nerayan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nerayan in the Hindi language
नरायनnarayana-
Nerayan in the Marathi language
नारायनnarayana-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nerayan
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